| Name: | CRANE LIGHTER NO 4 |
| Type: | Floating Crane |
| Launched: | 22/10/1915 |
| Completed: | 1916 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 897 |
| Dimensions: | 242.0 x 86.0ft |
| Engines: | Steam |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | 5.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 1916 | British Royal Navy |
| 1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1916: The largest floating crane in the world at the time. |
| Crane designed & constructed by Cowans, Sheldon & Co Ltd, Carlisle | |
| Allocated Admiralty pennant (CL IV) and therefore often known as CLIVE. | |
| The crane was capable of lifting a maximum load of 250 tons over a radius of 100ft, and to a height of 77ft above the waterline. It was tested to lift a load of 312 tons. | |
| Steam engines drove generators for providing electricity for the crane, whilst also being used for self propulsion. | |
| The reach of the crane was altered by raising or lowering the jib | |
| Thought to have been lost at Malta in 1942 due to Italian bombing. | |
| There are contradicing stories of CLIVE being returned to Portsmouth after WW2, but this is thought to be an ex Italian crane commandeered after the war. |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is from Smith's Dock Monthly July 1922
Above photo is copyright of the Tyne & Wear Museums